One hundred million!
Lu Xuan did not press the bidding button this time. Instead, he shouted it directly, his martial artist strength clinging to the sound waves and spreading to every corner of the venue.
In an instant,
the entire auction hall fell into a strange silence.
The next second,
gasps and disbelieving murmurs rose all around.
"One hundred million Federal Coins for a broken bird egg? He's insane!"
"Has the world gone mad, or have I? There are too many rich people these days. Do they really not treat money as money anymore?"
"Who are the people in that box? They're throwing money around so lavishly. And what exactly is inside that broken bird egg to make two people drive the price up to one hundred million?"
Let alone the crowd.
Even Scarhead and the others in the same box were completely dumbstruck.
One hundred million Federal Coins for a useless egg?
He was insane!
"Xiao Xuan, you've lost your mind!"
Scarhead rubbed his shiny head and said, "With that kind of money, you could buy resources to improve your strength. Even if you bought a stone and gambled on jade, it'd be better than gambling on a bird egg!"
"Exactly!"
Ma Tao squatted beside Lu Xuan and stroked his face with her slender jade hand. "With that kind of money, I could find you so many wives."
Zhang Wei said with a lecherous grin, "For your sake, I could even cut off—"
Lu Xuan raised his head. There was not the slightest trace of ease on his face; instead, it was utterly grave. "Uncle, I'm not joking. I have to get this egg. Also, do you have any money on you?"
"Lend me some first."
"..."
He was insane!
Scarhead clutched his head, his face full of pain. "If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have brought you in."
But when he saw Lu Xuan's serious expression, he hesitated.
"I still have a little saved up from these years. I can lend it to you first!"
With that, he swiped across the martial artist system and transferred ten million Federal Coins to Lu Xuan.
Seeing this, the others hesitated briefly before transferring some money to Lu Xuan as well.
At the martial artist stage, everyone basically had very little savings.
Unless they had no intention of advancing to Martial Masters in this lifetime, in which case they could make quite a bit of money. Otherwise, the money earned from Wilderness Adventures was often not even enough for cultivation, and sometimes they had to pay out of pocket.
In a box on the third floor.
Gong Yubai, founder of Monster Potion Company, sat on the sofa. He swirled a wineglass in one hand and propped up his chin with the other as he asked,
"Which faction is downstairs?"
His subordinate replied respectfully, "It seems to be a martial artist from Zero Martial Arts Company. But according to the information I've gathered, this person doesn't belong to Zero Martial Arts Company..."
"Not a martial artist from Zero Martial Arts Company?"
Bang~ Gong Yubai crushed the wineglass in his hand and snorted. "He's not one of the company's martial artists, yet he dares to bid like that? How dare he show off in front of me?"
"Five hundred million Federal Coins!"
Gong Yubai's voice rang throughout the hall.
Whoosh—!
The auction hall erupted into an uproar.
No one had expected that, after Lu Xuan called out the sky-high price of one hundred million, someone would actually call out an even higher price.
This egg of a Skyfire Chicken—
even if it came from a Beast Lord Level monster and had not been damaged or died in the shell, it was not worth this price!
Five hundred million Federal Coins!
That was enough to buy a living Beast Lord level monster!
Inside the box.
The wineglass in Lu Xuan's hand hit the floor with a clang.
His body stiffened slightly as he looked toward the box on the third floor. He closed his eyes and began weighing the pros and cons:
"Five hundred million Federal Coins is already enough to buy a living Beast Lord level monster that hasn't condensed a Qi and Blood Golden Elixir. Even a Qi and Blood Golden Elixir condensed by a human only reaches a maximum price of around two billion Federal Coins..."
But the Qi and Blood Golden Elixir inside this egg was different.
It was imbued with the fire attribute. An ordinary person could obtain this innate divine ability by refining it.
This was fundamentally a value that money could not measure.
A priceless treasure!
Qi and Blood Golden Elixirs were divided into human and monster varieties.
A Qi and Blood Golden Elixir condensed by a human contained that person's lifelong insights. After refinement, it could rapidly improve one's strength for a short period, but there was a ninety-nine percent chance that one's strength would remain forever stuck at the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm.
A monster's Qi and Blood Golden Elixir was different. Refining it not only increased one's qi and blood, but some monster elixirs were imbued with special attributes—wind, fire, thunder, water, and so on. After refinement, one could also gain a monster's corresponding attribute, with extremely high growth potential.
The only drawback was that it did not significantly improve one's realm or strength.
The choice between the two was obvious.
Even if Lu Xuan had no use for a fire-attribute divine ability, he could sell it for several billion, or even ten billion Federal Coins. It would be a guaranteed-profit deal.
What was more, it came with a Skyfire Chicken capable of bathing in flames and being reborn.
That was something money could not buy.
The problem now was...
"I don't have enough money!"
Lu Xuan's expression turned ugly as he looked toward Scarhead and the others.
"Xiao Xuan, give up!"
Scarhead shook his head. "Even if you sold all of us, we couldn't scrape together five hundred million Federal Coins."
He had just taken out ten million in savings, thinking he could lend Lu Xuan a hand.
Who would have thought the other party would raise the bid to five hundred million on the spot?
That sort of cash flow was something only Martial Dao Grandmasters could produce.
"Exactly. It's just a broken chicken egg. Once Big Sis breaks through to Martial Master, I'll find one for you..."
Ma Tao and the others tried to persuade him.
Lu Xuan remained silent.
He absolutely could not give up. He could consume this Qi and Blood Golden Elixir himself, or give it to his younger sister to help her increase her combat power, absorb its attribute, and build up a trump card.
Besides, he could not afford the delay.
In less than half a month, his younger sister would be participating in the martial arts tournament.
Most importantly,
Future Mail had mentioned that the people who ambushed and assassinated his younger sister were from the monster potion company. If they obtained the Qi and Blood Golden Elixir, wouldn't he be indirectly causing his own little sister's death?
Absolutely not.
Today, he had to obtain this dead egg, no matter what!
But he couldn't produce that much money!
"What can I use to exchange for money?"
Lu Xuan's mind raced as he went over the most valuable things on him.
The Psychic Power cultivation method, the Bronze Gourd, and future intelligence.
Apart from those,
he had nothing worth more than one hundred million.
He was so poor... Lu Xuan was stumped, his fingers constantly rubbing the Storage Ring.
Suddenly—
"Wait!"
He stared at the Storage Ring—or, more precisely, the blue crystal necklace inside it.
"A token of the Holy Cult..."
This item could sense the location of Holy Cult believers within a radius of several miles. In the entire venue, Lu Xuan was not the only one who possessed a blue crystal item.
There was another person who had one!
That was the female owner of Zero Martial Arts Company.
"Five hundred million, going once!"
The host's voice interrupted Lu Xuan's thoughts. His gaze shifted to the auctioneer's hammer already raised in the air. Gritting his teeth, Lu Xuan took out the blue crystal necklace.
"Five hundred million..."
The host deliberately drew out her voice, occasionally glancing from the corner of her eye toward the box where Lu Xuan and the others were, waiting for them to bid again.
The audience also stared intently, their gazes darting back and forth between the auctioneer's hammer and the box.
"Will there be another miracle?"
"Come on, one more time! Let me see the limit of this unlucky egg!"
"Can a broken egg really reach one billion?"
The atmosphere was taut.
Everyone was waiting to see whether Lu Xuan would continue bidding.
That included the people from Zero Martial Arts Company.
The woman crossed her snow-white jade feet and stared at the box below with interest, wanting to see whether Lu Xuan still had the nerve to bid.
"Five hundred million, going twice!"
The host's second call fell.
The venue was terrifyingly silent, and the woman also tightened her fingers slightly.
Almost at that very moment,
the blue crystal on her wrist suddenly blossomed with light, its radiance illuminating her cheeks.
"Hmm?!"
A trace of surprise appeared on the woman's originally stern face.
As the blue crystal sensed something, she instinctively glanced in a certain direction. It was none other than the box where Lu Xuan was!
"The Holy Cult..."
The woman's brows lowered, and she immediately understood.
The person bidding in that box was a Holy Cult believer, and he was asking her for help!
In an instant,
the atmosphere throughout the venue changed.
The woman hesitated.
Gong Yubai swirled his wineglass, his face filled with confidence.
Lu Xuan gripped the blue crystal necklace tightly, his mind stretched taut.
Everyone at the venue stared at the auctioneer's hammer, their breathing halted.
"Five hundred million, going thre—"
The host suddenly sped up her speech. Just as she was about to bring the hammer down—
"Six hundred million!"
The woman ultimately shouted it out.
Boom!
The tightly strung nerves of everyone in the venue snapped at once, turning into an earth-shaking uproar.
Someone had bid higher!
When Lu Xuan heard the shout, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It really worked!
Bang~ Gong Yubai crushed the wineglass in his hand again and angrily raised his head toward the opposite box, where the people from Zero Martial Arts Company were.
"Very good, very good!"
"Zero Martial Arts Company, you really are something!"
In his agitation, he did not rashly raise the bid.
Five hundred million was not his limit, but it was already the limit of that broken egg's value.
"Heh... six hundred million for a broken egg!"
Instead,
he sneered, his voice carrying through the entire venue without restraint. "Zero Martial Arts Company, you really are loaded. Six hundred million for a broken egg—Gong is impressed."
Mockery—blatant mockery.
Everyone could hear it.
What happened today was destined to spread, and the latest video had already appeared online.
#Shocking! Zero Martial Arts Company Buys a Beast Lord Level Dead Egg for Six Hundred Million#
Inside the box.
Just as Lu Xuan had breathed a sigh of relief, a martial artist walked in. At the head was a Qi and Blood Martial Master. Merely standing there, he sent qi and blood churning through the air.
Scarhead and the others hurriedly bowed respectfully. "Greetings, sirs!"
The leading Qi and Blood Martial Master swept his gaze around and asked, "Who placed the bid just now?"
"My lord..."
Scarhead was about to say something, but Lu Xuan spoke directly:
"I did!"
"Very good. Our boss would like to see you!"
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